"Dear Land of Flowers, forgive me!—that I took These snatches from thy glittering wealth of song, And twisted to the u…"

"During the four hundred years of Han supremacy the march of civilization went steadily forward. Paper and ink were in…"

"[The Tao-Tê-Ching] is interesting as a collection of many genuine utterances of Lao Tzŭ, sandwiched however between t…"

"A Chinese poem is at best a hard nut to crack."

"Flowers fade and fly, and flying fill the sky; Their bloom departs, their perfume gone, yet who stands pitying by? ..…"

"It was on his return journey that Pao-yü's father heard of the success and disappearance of his son. Torn by conflict…"

"It would be obviously unfair to describe the Chinese people as wanting in humour simply because they are tickled by j…"

""Lest that by any means When I have preached to others I myself Should be a castaway." If some one now Would take tha…"

"I will boldly say, that England...hath more fallow dear than all Europe that I have seen. No kingdom in the world hat…"

"Moryson is a sober and truthful writer, without imagination or much literary skill. He delights in statistics respect…"